A review by notesfrommyday
Saturday by Ian McEwan

4.0

I read this book upon the recommendation of a Stratford Waterstones employee and I am so grateful. I have enjoyed other McEwan novels and so I knew the tense read I was in for. Somehow, McEwan managed to write from the point of view of his confident Dr Perowne who seems to ave it together, who is happy and yet also uneasy. And all the while we get the sense of some imminent danger. I read with unease but a good sense of unease, if that is possible. At times, I was frustrated by the wordiness, by the tangents that seem irrelevant. But without these rambling thoughts of our protagonist, perhaps the tension would not be built in the right way or to the right extent. I am not sure I enjoyed it as much as Enduring Love or Atonement. Still, it had suspense, great characterisation and authentic emotion.